Home Brew Wine Barrel 13 Gallons - EBAY

[Doed]

I have one of these and just put a 5 gallon batch (6 gallons total) in it and put it in my fermentation chamber. When I lifted it, I noticed the handles flexed a little.

My question is for anyone that uses one of these, will the handles be able to support a 10 gallon batch? Have you lifted a 10 gallon batch using the handles?

 

[Doed]

No one? hmmm....

 

[Johnny9]

This could be a dangerous assumption, but given that it is designed to hold 13 gallons of wine, the handles should "handle" it.

I would love to find a way to ferment 10 gallons together instead of in (2) 6 gallon buckets. But I can't see lifting that into a chest freezer.....

Let us know how it works.

 

[ryan_george]

Ah... and here I was hoping it would be an actual oak wine barrel.

 

[rianrt]

I have 5 or 6 of these. the handles work fine. no issues.

 

[Hello]

Can't help with the flex but these are totally okay to ferment in? It says they used to hold bagged neproxin pills? I wouldn't mind spending $30 on a vessel that lets me ferment 10 gallons of beer.

 

[Brewing_on_the_Internet]

I bought 2 a few months ago. Mine had a medicinal smell when the first arrived. Spraying them with a hose removed the smell. I oxycleaned it just to make sure what was inside was washed out.

Handles hold weight without a problem. Seal on cap is airtight. Plastic is thick.
10/10 would bang.

more info http://www.curtec.com/en/products/drums/wide-neck-drums/detail/wide-neck-drum-55-litres

 

[Hello]

Wow! Is a 14 gallon FV too large for 10 gallons of beer?

 

[Brewing_on_the_Internet]

12 gallons comes to a little above the top ring. So it's a fair amount of head space.

 

[Hello]

I guess I'm not sure if it is too much headspace.

 

[bemerritt]

What are the dimensions of this?

Edit: 16 inches diameter, 20.5 inches tall

 

[Doed]

Wow! Is a 14 gallon FV too large for 10 gallons of beer?

I hope not because I have approximately 6 gallons of Porter in mine now and it is nearing the end of fermentation.

I didn't really notice much of a smell to mine when I got it. I just hosed it out and wiped it down and sanitized as usual.